Questions tagged [doctor-strange]
2016's American superhero action/fantasy film based on the superhero of same name from the Marvel comics and 14th film of Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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What's the point of a sling ring?
Doctor Strange and other sorcerers in the MCU use a tool called a sling ring in order to be able to perform magic.
But why is a physical tool required to perform those mind-blowing magics? Isn't magic ...
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Why would Doctor Strange Become 'The Sorcerer Supreme'?
In a piece of the script from Spider-Man: No Way Home, it explains how Wong becomes Sorcerer Supreme, since Doctor Strange blipped. However, I don't think it is explained why Doctor Strange would have ...
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Is Doctor Strange's "Power" Just a Skill?
In Doctor Strange, Stephen Strange learns magic after seeking to fix his hands. When he is training, there are large numbers of people training alongside him, as seen below.
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Why wouldn't any sorcerer supreme have known of the 10 rings?
Towards the end of Shang Chi, Wong says to Shang Chi something to the effect of, "we noticed the 10 rings when you put them on" (I don't have the exact quote handy).
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If there's only one timeline, how could Doctor Strange have seen 14 million of them?
If there is only one true Sacred Timeline according to the Time Variance Authority (TVA), then how could Doctor Strange have seen 14 million of them in Infinity War? Or did he only see the true ...
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Whose surgery was Stephen Strange undertaking during the New York attack?
In Avengers: Endgame Bruce Banner/Professor Hulk travels back in time to the New York attack depicted in the first Avengers movie and runs into the Ancient One, who tells him that Stephen Strange is ...
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Do books have astral forms?
In Doctor Strange, the fight scene between Steven Strange and the zealot shows that someone's astral form has limited interaction with the physical world (only violent actions ripple into the physical ...
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Is there an in-universe explanation as to why the Ancient One is bald?
In the Marvel Cinematic Universe the Ancient One is a bald woman. Out-of-universe, it's probably because she's based on a bald male character. But
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Why was the Ancient One so hesitant to teach Dr. Strange the art of sorcery?
In the movie Doctor Strange, Strange wanted to get accepted in the "dojo" of the Ancient One (not sure if it's really a dojo), but she refused, so it seemed like she didn't want to teach him because ...
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What will Doctor Strange protect now?
We learn in the movies Doctor Strange (2016) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018) that all sorcerers including Doctor Strange have sworn an oath to protect the Time Stone at any cost. But in the ...
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Given what happens in Endgame, why doesn't Dormammu come back to attack the universe?
Dormammu is the dark being trying to destroy the universe in Doctor Strange. Dr Strange uses the Time Stone to keep Dormammu away, this being is referenced in Avengers: Endgame, when the Ancient One ...
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What caused Doctor Strange to repent of his selfishness and become Earth's protector?
In the movie, Doctor Strange learns the mystic arts for entirely self-interested reasons, in order to effect healing of his hands and to be able to resume his surgical work.
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Why didn't Dormammu try to steal the Time Stone?
I learnt from this question that Dormammu is a being who lives beyond time.
Generally, when you reverse time, you reverse everything including the
memory of the person existing inside the time. ...
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How can people get killed in the mirror dimension?
In the mirror dimension in Doctor Strange, one cannot affect the real world.
Doctor Strange: The Mirror Dimension. You can't affect the real world in here. Who's laughing now, a$%^ole?
Kaecilius: I ...
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How did Doctor Strange understand the writings in the Book of Cagliostro?
How did Doctor Strange understand the writings in the Book of Cagliostro? Just by reading the book he learned how to make hand signs to control the power of the Eye of Agamotto.
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